Two-hour Sweet Potato Mama Project Experience

Two-hour Sweet Potato Mama Project Experience

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Two-hour Sweet Potato Mama Project Experience

Your Taipei tour will start by taking you to the base of the Sweet Potato Mama industry, the warehouse. You’ll learn about the Sweet Potato Mama Program and the equipment that these women use every day in their business. The program is run by the Genesis Social Welfare Foundation, a well-known support organisation in Taiwan that runs care facilities for underprivileged vegetative patients, as well as community welfare initiatives. By providing the space, training, and equipment needed, the foundation helps Sweet Potato Mamas to start their own businesses.

The foundation also provides the first bag of sweet potatoes to the women free of charge, to help get the business going. Thanks to receiving these necessities, these Mamas can typically start their own business within as little as one week. After the warehouse visit, you are going to see how they work, helping them to sell sweet potatoes. Between noon and 13:00 is break time for the people who work in this area — but it’s peak hour for the Sweet Potato Mamas. You’ll learn from them and help them to sell sweet potatoes right on the street, and have the opportunity to interact with all the locals who stop by. Once your shift is over, you’ll be treated to a sweet potato roasted by a Mama herself — a great snack after all your hard work.

Support a local program that helps single mothers launch their own sweet potato businesses
Learn about the tradition of Sweet Potato Mamas and how they earn a living selling street snacks
Put your hands to work, serving potatoes to locals on their lunch breaks
Taste sweet potatoes roasted by the Sweet Potato Mamas

Notes:
- The end point will be at Shangdou Temple MRT Station, Exit 5.
- Host will not be liable for any loss of valuable items carried by the clients.
- Please be at the meeting point at least 15 minutes before the start time.

Additional Inclusions
- sweet potato meal.

What to wear:
- Modest, comfortable set of clothes
- Good pair of shoes